The district includes portions of the Upper East Side, Roosevelt Island and Yorkville in Manhattan.

[1] She also worked in Washington, D.C., including for United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

[4] Assemblyman Micah Kellner decided not to seek re-election in 2014, and Seawright entered the race to succeed him.

She is a member of the Banking, Consumer Affairs and Protection, Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, Judiciary, and Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Development Committees.

She is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Fraud Protection and also sits on the Assembly's Work group on operations.